Venable, for his part, said he was unaware that he had passed his father in hits until someone pointed it out to him. Venable entered the season with two years and 155 days of Major League service time.

The 29-year-old Venable has 41 career home runs, which is more than his father finished with (18). And, oddly enough, 18 is the same number of home runs Venable's college coach at Princeton, Scott Bradley, hit in his Major League career.